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WOLBI: Revelation 1-5Dr. John BarnettChrist’s Last Words to His ChurchAssignment SheetYour Paper: The Devotional MethodIn Revelation God Gives us the Most Complete Answersto the Most Important Questions of LifeOrigin How did I get here? Creator (Genesis 1-2)Purpose Why am I here? Redeemer (Genesis 3-Revelation 5)Destiny Where am I going? Judge (Revelation 6-22The Panorama of HistoryThe Return of Christ to Rule1,845 references in the Old Testament17 books give prominence to the event318 references in the New Testament216 chapters23 of 27 books give prominence to the eventFor every prophecy of Christ’s 1st Coming there are 8 of His 2nd Coming!The Divine Outline Rev. 1:19Revelation’s OutlineThe Things Which You Have Seen (Rev.1)Page1
The Things Which Are (Rev. 2-3)The Things Which Will Take Place After This (Rev. 4-22)1. The Worship Scene in Heaven (4:1–5:14)2. The Great Tribulation on Earth (6:1–18:24)3. The Return of the King (19:1–21)4. The Millennium (20:1–10)5. The Great White Throne Judgment (20:11–15)6. The Eternal State of Heaven (21:1–22:21)Christ’s LAST Words to His Church:The Book of The RevelationToday1 open with me to the only book exclusively devoted to introducing us to what ourMaster and Savior Jesus is doing RIGHT NOW: the last book of the Bible, the Revelation ofJesus Christ.Have you paused yet today to check in with Jesus Christ? The best way to do that isthrough your Bible, because Jesus Christ is revealed to us as the Word of God. He is the Word,and the Word reveals Him. Each time we open God’s Word we can hear His Voice.At Creation God the Son, the Creator spoke and made all things; and through HisApostles and Prophets, His Word has been given.As you open to the last book of your Bibles, you open to the climactic conclusion ofGod's Word written down for us.The first word in the Greek New Testament text of Revelation is the word apocalupsiswhich can be translated as either “revelation” or “unveiling”. The next two words are JesusChrist. That means in this last book we are:Getting to See the Real JesusSo we are opened to the “revelation of Jesus Christ”, or the “taking the cover off ofJesus Christ”, or the “disclosure of Jesus Christ”, or the “manifestation of Jesus Christ”, or the“unveiling of Jesus Christ” the Word of God. There is so much to think about as we open to1110213AM ClW-01 Rev.doPage2
these Last Words of Christ, God's Word.Revelation completes God’s revelation of Himself to humanity through Christ.In Genesis the Creator, God the Son, walks and talks with Adam and Eve the first twohumans to ever exist, created from the Hand of God. But God does not stay walking andtalking to them. Because they sinned, He banishes them from the Paradise He made for them.Thus began all the sorrows and woes that have plagued humanity all these thousands of years.But in the book of Revelation the Creator explains that He is back, actively walking onEarth again, among His people.The Book of Revelation explains for us that God the Son, Jesus Christ the Creator is hereon the ground guiding His Church to accomplish His purposes in the world.Much like a coach on the floor with his team, Jesus Christ is walking around andwatching us play our positions He gave us to play. That is perhaps the most arresting truth inall the Bible for us. We are not alone, the Coach Himself, our Creator is personally wanting tohelp us get done what He desires us to do.To begin our look at Christ's Last Words, we need to listen to His Voice, and so join me inRevelation 1 as we read v.1-8, 19Revelation 1:1-19 (NKJV) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show Hisservants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to Hisservant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to allthings that he saw. 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy,and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. 4 John, to the seven churcheswhich are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come,and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithfulwitness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who lovedus and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to HisGod and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, He is comingwith clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of theearth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, theBeginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”19 Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which willtake place after this.Amazingly Jesus tells us that the events in Revelation are going to fall upon the earth:not gradually but quickly. V. 1 says “shortly” [Greek taxos “speed”; swiftness (speed), i.e. doneas quickly (speedily) as is appropriate to the particular situation. From the same as tachus; abrief space (of time), i.e. (with en prefixed) in haste -- quickly, shortly, speedily.The Three Purposes of the Book of RevelationBy observation we can see that Christ's Last Words are divided into three parts, note theoutline contained in 1:19, where John is instructed to write:1. The “things you have seen” (this is chapter 1, or John’s sight of the Risen Christ gathering with His localPage 3
churches).Jesus is the Owner of our Team, He calls His Team the Church.Jesus is right now on the ground, walking through life with us as His Church, seeking to see usaccomplish His will and plan each day. He is watching our every move with His eyes that seeeverything, He never leaves our sides, and is always available to each of us at any moment.2. The “things that are” (this is chapters 2-3, or Christ's Warning about the Challenges facing the LocalChurches, after His personal tour around each of His local churches).As the Owner of the Church, Jesus warns us of the pitfalls, dangers, and difficulties we will face.As our Coach He explains what makes some team members displeasing their Master andOwner, and He warns us what to do, how to avoid these traps that render team membersuseless to their Savior and Master.3. The “things which shall be after those things” (this is chapters 4-22, or the description of the End ofDays as seen in both Heaven and on Earth).Amazingly in the final chapters of Revelation, Jesus reveals that He has another team that Hewants to use for that period of time.The Church is His second team, He now reverts back to His first team called Israel. They did notobey Him and were set over to the side for two thousand plus years, but now He is ready to usethem once again.They become His witnesses and His visible sign to the world. Through the absolutely darkestdays of humanity, they will shine as His Chosen People of Promise.Applying Revelation’s Message To Our Lives TodaySo that is the message of the Book of Revelation. But what was God’s purpose insending it? The key lies in our response: how do we best use our days of life?How can we respond to these truths that God has left us. When God sends us His finalwritten message it has three parts. Each of these three sections of this final book has a clearmessage to our lives today.What is chapter 1 all about? Jesus Christ our Owner and the One who calls the shots ofour lives, our Coach: He is visiting us, checking on us, and watching us as His Church.The lesson of Revelation is first and most importantly: the ONLY way to understand life,living, purpose, meaning, destiny, and anything else that matters is when Jesus Christ is shinedupon our lives.When He is unleashed, when His truth is unveiled, when His plans are opened andfollowed, live makes sense. The very first message we need to hear is all about what Jesus isdoing now that He has risen and ascended back to Heaven. Revelation 1 is all about showingPage4
us what is Christ's Highest Priority right now.Revelation 1: Seeing the Risen ChristGathering With His Local ChurchesFirst, Jesus wants us to know He is walking among us and watching our lives.The simple message Jesus Christ gives us is that His Highest Priority is gathering with Hislocal church. Look where John first saw Jesus in v.12, He was walking around His local churches(that is what v. 20 says that those lampstands represent: Christ’s local churches).That means that He is right now watching us. He is walking around His gathered Churchlooking to see if we are being and doing what He left for us to be and do.Notice that Christ walks about His Local Churches, places when people gathered in arecognizable community. Christ's Church is His priority, it is where He is spending His time. Thefirst message of the Book of the Reelation of Jesus Christ is that the local Church is HisPRIORITY, it is where He goes, what He does, and where He is at work in the world today.For a moment ask yourself a question. If the local Church is Christ's highest priority, is italso my highest priority? Or have I ignored Christ's obvious priority of His local assembly ofbelievers, and said that other things can also be priorities; and that I must make wise choicesbetween the priority of work, the priority of school, the priority of sports, the priority of rest,and so on. In other words, instead of highest priority meaning what we do first, it becomeschoosing between several activities that WE have decided are all equal in importance.Everything is not equally important to Christ, He displays by His actions, and says with Hiswords that His chosen focus is His local church.Pause for a moment and ask yourself if you really believe God's Word. If so, then youbelieve Jesus Christ is here right now. He walks among us looking at us as we gather to see ifwe are being what He asks us to be; and doing what He left us to do.Doing and BeingWhat did Jesus ask us to be? His followers or disciples, those who learned by imitatingHim and following him. So first, are you “being” His disciple by wanting to follow Him in all I dothrough each of my days?Secondly, are you “doing” what He left you to do. What was that? Remember, Jesus saidgo and make disciples. Build your life around getting people connected to Christ through Hislocal church.Everything in this special period of time revealed in God’s Word, revolves around thePage5
church Jesus said He was building.Are you doing and being what He asks each of us to do and be for His church?Is Christ's Church your Highest priority?We as His Church are Christ's focus, we are His Highest priority. He owns this team, He ishere with us in the game of life wanting to help and encourage us to play our part in His plan.Why not renew your decision in your heart that you will follow Christ's example andmake Christ's local church your HIGHEST priority in life? Now look at the next section:Revelation 2-3: Christ's Warning about theChallenges facing the Local ChurchesThe second message that we find in Christ's last words is that He warns us about areasthat have tripped up past generations of believers. He wants us to stay on the right path.Now look at the second section of this book: the “things that are” (this is chapters 2-3,or the State of the Local Churches as given by Christ Himself, after His personal tour aroundeach of His local churches).When Jesus toured His local churches He names seven of then, using seven local,geographic gatherings of believers. He describes each assembly and uses His assessment ofthese local churches to challenge all of the churches.These churches were real gatherings of people 2,000 years ago. That means that Jesussaw seven different types of believers gathering at that moment in the history of His church.Have you ever thought about that? In some part of the end of the First Century AD there wereEphesian types of believers (2:1-7); Smyrna types of believers (2:8-11); Pergamos types ofbelievers (2:12-17); Thyatira types of believers (2:18-29); Sardis types of believers (3:1-6);Philadelphia types of believers (3:7-13); and Laodicea types of believers (3:14-22).Every believer back then ws like one of these seven. But even more then just back then,these letters were written in God's Word to instruct all of us down through the ages that evento our time, more than likely, the Son of God has walked among us and has found here:That some of us are like the believers in Ephesus: we have declined from that first lovewe had for Jesus. We are like them we had a great start, but now seem to lack that initialconsuming love.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Love Me most; Come back to Me.Smyrna was in great persecution and stood fast through it; true belivers discover Jesus isall I have, and need. Then by faith they remain faithful to Him, no matter what the price theyhave to pay. We like them can be purified by persecution, and be faithful to the Lord.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Trust Me to the end; Stay true to the end;Suffer for Me.Pergamum was drowning in worldliness; true belivers will resist worldliness. Today inPage6
every church there are some of these Pergamite Christians: Pergamites are wed to the world;Pergamites are worldly Christians with no standards;Pergamites have a focus and grip on their money, car and job;Pergamites are only doing what is socially acceptable;Pergamites are compromising the absolutes of Scriptures;Pergamites are more concerned with fashion than with Holiness.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Stay separated from false doctrine and evil practices.Thyatira was being seduced by the false teacher Jezebel; true belivers resisted all suchevil teaching and lifestyles. Some Thyatiran Christians are believing and following falsedoctrine, with a social gospel not a divine call to the new birth.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Stay pure; live for Me.Sardis had a big name but no life; true belivers did not defile themselves with thecorpse. Some Sardian Christians, are dead as last week’s cut flowers, cold and lifeless, in aspiritual stupor.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Live the Life for Me.But no condemnation for Philadelphia, no blame just a warning to overcome and holdon!! Some Philadelphian Christians, sound in doctrine, zealous in ministry, are outreaching theworld and deeply in love with the Lord Jesus Christ!Christ's message for them and to us today is: Speak for Me.Some Laodicean, are apostate, counterfeit and sickening to Christ. A member of theChristless church that will thrive in the tribulation under Satan’s leadership.Christ's message for them and to us today is: Sacrifice for Me; invest in Me.Revelation 4-22: The Description of the End of DaysAs seen in both Heaven and on EarthFinally, the last part of Christ's message to us is that He wants us to know what He hasplanned for the ending of the earth.Starting in chapter 4 we learn things only hinted at in all the other chapters of God’sWord. In the final section of this book we see woven together all the pieces that the apostlesand prophets had reported, but now Jesus Christ Himself, God’s Final Word to Mankind makessense of all those pieces.Probably this section holds more fascination, for more people than any other part ofGod's Word. And into that section pause with me briefly to feel the intensity of what God hasgiven to us.Revelation 4-22 continues the same picture that Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Zechariah,Page7
Matthew, and Paul all share with Jesus: the End of Days is very easy to spot.In Matthew whn Jesus taught His disciples on the End of Days, He gives some irrefutablesigns for when He would return. Those signs agreed with the signs already presented in theOld Testament. We could sum up Christ's words in matthew 24 by saying He promises andpredicts what the world will look like when He Returns.Jesus gives an even clearer picture of what the last days will look like, so that we as Hisservants would not be caught off guard, and be unprepared for what will happen so swiftly,taxos on the Earth.Seven Clear Indicators Given by ChristTo Describe the End of DaysIn Revelation Jesus Himself, the very Word of God explains the future to us His servants.He says that He is walking in His Church, encouraging us until our work for Him is done. Then,He will take us to surround His Throne and watch Him go back to His Chosen People ofPromise and win their hearts back to Him.So what does Jesus say that the world will look like when He comes back?He says there will be seven clear trends that MUST be present for Him to return.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.Global Travel (Daniel 12:4a) Revelation 6:1-4Global Information/Data Explosion (Daniel 12:4a) “horseman earth” Revelation 6:1-4Global Death/WMD (Matthew 24:22) Rev 6:8 “one-fourth”Global Communications Revelation 11:9 “see”Global Commerce Revelation 11:10 “send”Global Currency/Digitalized Money Revelation 13:16-17 “number”Global Weather Gone Wild (Luke 21:25-26) “scorch” Revelation 16:8-9In the days ahead we will trace each of these trends in our Bibles.Before we go ask yourself a question: If the local Church is Christ's highest priority, is italso my highest priority? If you really believe God's Word, then you believe Jesus Christ is hereright now. He walks among us looking at us as we gather to see if we are being what He asksus to be; and doing what He left us to do.Secondly, are you “doing” what He left you to do. What was that? Remember, Jesus saidgo and make disciples. Build your life around getting people connected to Christ through Hislocal church.Everything revolves around the church Jesus said He was building. Are you doing andbeing what He asks each of us to do and be for His church. Is Christ's Church your Highestpriority? We as His Church are Christ's focus, we are His Highest priority.Why not renew your decision in your heart that you will follow Christ's example andPage8
make Christ's local church your HIGHEST priority in life?God’s Reminder to Us—Keep Your Eyes on JesusRevelation 1:9-20Revelation2 is God lifting the lid off of Christ, or pulling back the wrapping paper onsomething very special about Jesus, but not yet fully seen or known. That is what the firstword of this book says.So, chapter 1 is God holding out for us: What Jesus is doing right now.Chapters 2-3 are God showing us what Jesus sees in His Church.Chapters 4-22 are what God wants us to know about His plans for the future.Each of these sections of Revelation is a disclosure, and an unveiling of things not yetfully seen, or even really understood.So the summary of the last book of the Bible is: God knows we need reminders.That’s why we have the last book in our Bibles. It is a book to remind us: that God has aplan, His plan is on target, and all we need to do is keep our eyes fixed on Christ.God wants us to know what Jesus is at work right now. The purpose of Revelation is toremind the Church to focus on what Christ was doing on Earth, of what He left us here to do,and how we can get it done. That’s:The Reminder God Gives His ServantsAs we open to Revelation 1, think about the setting God used to send to us, Christ's LastWords to His Church. Remember that the believers of the 1st Century were normal people withreal problems. That is true about even the one God chose to record the words we will soonread.John the apostle was a fisherman from small seaside town of Galilee. Now he is allalone, banished on Patmos, a prison colony island, off the coast of modern Turkey.Yes, there were probably many other prisoners, but John was far from his family. As far2110227AM CLW-02 Seeing Jesus.doPage9
as we know from history he was completely isolated from his wife and children, so he had nofamily encouragement.As far as colleagues: his own brother James as well as all the other apostles, even Paulhad been hunted down and murdered. So John had no dear old friends left to encourage him.It is not a real stretch to think that at a minimum, these were hard times.For John, those days of following Christ, when Jesus called and taught him and all theother Apostles, seemed a long way off.If any of us were in John’s sandals, trudging along the paths of Patmos, we could easilyconfess that Jesus felt far away at times. For someone who knew Jesus face-to-face for 3 plusyears, having Christ ascended to Heaven meant at the least: Jesus and His plan, that used to beso clear, seemed distant.But what God wanted John to know then, and us who live today to know right now isthat:Jesus Never ChangesDo you sometimes feel distant from the Lord? We have the Bible, we have the church,we have all those books and music, and tools that remind us of the Lord. But, as we go throughall the struggles of life, most of us seem to arrive at those distant times, feeling far from theLord.Other times if we aren’t careful to maintain spiritual disciplines, we get unhealthy. Bynot eating God's Word regularly and exercising ourselves in ministry, we become weak.Weakness can cause us to slowly drift away from some of the gracious assurances that we hadfelt in the past, and we just hurt, ache and struggle on going through the motions of a walkwith the Lord.If we take the time to fully understand what lies before us in this passage, we will findthat Revelation 1 was a very special gift to the Church reminding each of them back 2,000years ago, and each of us today that Jesus Christ is the same (as Hebrews 13:8 reminds us): Yesterday (when He walked the dusty trails of Galilee with the disciples, and later when He metwith John on Patmos); andToday (as He walks up and down among us here in His gathered Church); andForever (as we enjoy His presence in Heaven).Did you catch that? Jesus wants His Church to know that He is still doing just what Hedid that Sunday morning with John on Patmos, and in the days that followed. So much of Hisministry was assuring the disciples of what they already knew, and encouraging them to dowhat He left them here to do.Revelation 1 uncovers, reveals, discloses, and displays for each member of Christ'schurch: what Jesus is doing today.The purpose of Revelation, as v. 1 declares, is to SHOW us who are His servants the onlyPage10
eye witness, complete description of the Risen Christ. It was on a Sunday, a Lord’s Day liketoday.And in the flawless record of that meeting comes a perfect description of what Jesuslooks like. And from that description we find out exactly what He is doing then and now! Godpulls back the wrapping paper and says, “Look and:See Christ Today In His ChurchOpen with me to the last book in God's Word, Revelation 1.9-13. Stand with me, and as Iread, notice the very precise specifics of what John saw about Jesus.Revelation 1:9-13 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom andpatience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for thetestimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loudvoice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and,“What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus,to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” 12 Then Iturned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lamp stands[read that as representing all churches, v. 20], 13 and in the midst of the seven lamp stands:One like the Son of Man; clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chestwith a golden band.If you’ll closely look at v. 13, you will find that John actually sees Him doing after theResurrection just what He did while He was here on Earth before His death, burial andResurrection.Jesus is the same—yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8). And how John needed thatreminder—and so do we!What did John see? Pencil these in your mind, mark them in your Bibles, and hold tightto them in your heart—He saw Jesus and tells us of it.When John sees the Risen Christ, He is—1.Reminding us that He is Human. v. 13a “One like a Son of Man”. So He can truly have compassionupon us. Jesus can feel my needs completely.2.Praying for us as our Great High Priest. v. 13b Jesus is dressed like a priest to remind us that He isour High Priest. “clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with agolden band”. Jesus defends us constantly as He prays and intercedes for us. Jesus is the perfectpriest, He can truly forgive us.The purpose Revelation was written was to help Christ's servants: that’s US! Jesus firstrevealed Himself as the help we all need.Today, more than anything else, we need to experience Jesus Christ as He is right now.Starting in v. 13 we find a truth that keeps us through the daily struggles, and the growingPage11
challenges that life will always bring.What was the first truth that God wants us to see about Jesus? Above everything else,God reveals to His servants that we need to always remember and never forget that Jesus is“One like a Son of Man”. Jesus is completely human. Jesus is able to understand us where weare. He is not living so far away and above us that He is out of touch with where we struggle.That means the first truth God wants us to understand is:Jesus Can Feel My Needs Completely:Do you Understand Christ's Humanity?v. 13a “One like a Son of Man”.All of the lessons of Revelation are previous truth that God wants to remind us about in a new, fresh, andpowerful way. To grasp what is being said in this first half of Revelation 1:13, turn over with me to the book ofHebrews, chapter 2, where God's Word describes the purpose of the 100% humanity of Jesus Christ.Hebrews 2:14-18 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewiseshared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, thedevil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 Forindeed He does not give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in allthings He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest inthings pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself hassuffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. NKJVGod wants to unwrap and hold out for us to see in a new, fresh, and powerful way thatJesus feels what we feel. He knows what we are going through. He understands where we are,what we struggle with and amazingly says that He has felt the same temptations!Again, in Hebrews 4, Jesus reinforces this truth: He has felt what we feel, He haswrestled with what we wrestle with. Jesus is the only One who can really say to us, “I knowwhat you’re going through.”Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but wasin all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.Jesus was made like us; He can feel our needs completely—so He can truly havecompassion3 upon us. What we need in all of our struggles is compassion.What we long for in all of our temptations is to know that someone understands whatwe’re struggling with.As humans we have so many needs, such deep feelings, and such great struggles it often3Each of the eleven times in the Gospels that this verb splangnidzomai #4697 is used for a person, it is Jesus Christ that is described (Matthew 9:36; 14.14; 15.32;18.27; 20.34; Mark 1.41; 6.34; 8.2; 9.22; Luke 7.13; 10.33 (Good Samaritan acted as Christ would have acted). The noun form also describes why God sent His Son inLuke 1.78; and is what each true believer is commanded to put on each day (Col. 3.12); and its presence is an evidence of salvation (I John 3.17).Page12
helps most just to know someone understands what we’re going through.There is One who understands BETTER than anyone else. There is One who “feeltogether with us” that is what the Greek word sumpatheo from which we get the English word“sympathy”.Jesus has sympathy upon us. Jesus feels completely what we are going through. Andinstead of anger, instead of condemnation: Jesus feels compassion for us.Jesus Feels CompassionAs He Watches us StruggleEvery time the verb “showing/having compassion” is used in the New Testament (whichis 12x) it always refers to Jesus!As we read the Gospels, what do they emphasize about what Christ did on earth? Theyshow His great compassion upon weak and wandering humans. Turn back with me to the firstGospel, by Matthew and look at chapter 20.Matthew 20:34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyesreceived sight, and they followed Him.Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved withcompassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began toteach them many things.When Jesus walked around and saw what we were going through it moved Him tocompassion. When Jesus saw the struggles, the confusion, and all the temptations the Devilflung at fallen humanity: He felt compassion.Never forget that Christ's most frequent emotion was not anger, or disappointment, orfrustration. Christ's most often expressed emotion is feeling for us in our needs. Jesus is mostcharacterized in His humanity by a love that shows itself in compassion.So what is Jesus like now, today, here: as He looks at you and me right now? He hascompassion upon us in all our needs!Remember when John saw Jesus in Revelation 1:13 “ and in the midst of the sevenlamp stands [One] like the Son of Man”? Jesus was with His Church, us believers, His bornagain saints. So that means Jesus is here this morning!In the days of the Gospels, anyone felt they could come to Him, Jesus was approachable:a woman with blood, a leper, a dad with dying daughter, someone with a sick s
Revelation 1 as we read v.1-8, 19 Revelation 1:1-19 (NKJV) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the
